All I can say is that what I have heard from others does largely match my own experience. Yes, you do need the same technology to be implemented on both devices to reap the full benefits.
I recently 'upgraded' from a Speedtouch 802.11G wireless router to a Netgear draft 'N' MIMO router & matching wireless adapter. The aim was to improve the signal that my son's PC (which is situated a good distance from the router) receives. Out of interest I initially just substituted in the new router and although everything seemed to work fine it was not noticeably better than before. But, after adding in the matching draft 'N' USB wireless adapter, the signal increased from dramatically, from approx 50% to a very healthy 90 to 100%. Although I hoped my SB3 connectivity would benefit too, I can't really say it has made a big difference. Oddly, the signal strength when the SB3 is idle actually reports as being slightly lower than it was with my previous router, but the level seems to increase as soon as streaming begins. Part of how MIMO works maybe? However, (and I'd need to perform a few more tests before I could say this with 100% confidence), my SB3 does seem to fair somewhat better in the Slimserver network tests. previously it would not reach 100% on the 3000kbps test, whereas it does now. -- david68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ david68's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37330 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
